Domestic Partner Benefits
As people find alternative ways of forming a family, the term “domestic partnership” has come into common use. Generally, a domestic partnership refers to people who are unmarried, but who are living together. The importance of the recognition of a domestic partnership is growing each day, some people believe its unethical. Benefits that used to be exclusively available for married couples are becoming more available to those who live together in a committed relationship, but have not sought government approval through a marriage. Domestic partnerships are recognized by many municipalities, and indeed are endorsed by some in order for the members to obtain insurance and other benefits. A growing number of municipalities also extend insurance coverage and other benefits to those persons who have registered as domestic partners (Bradley, 2007.) Wal-Mart is one of the largest retailers in the USA that does not offer domestic partnership benefits to their employees. We will come up with an action plan to implement ethics for diversity in the workplace.
Values
Domestic Partner Benefits are a necessity in the world today. A domestic partnership is a personal or legal relationship between individuals who share a common domestic life and reside together but are not united in matrimony. Domestic Partnership is nearly equivalent to same –sex or different sex unification or to marriage. Domestic partner benefits has many values to company’s. Unfortunately, domestic partnership benefits have downfalls that effect the employee and employer. The number of private and public employers who offer health insurance benefits to domestic partners as of the end of 2004 is up to 13%, according to a survey by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC; ...